JP2000276617A - Ticket issuing unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly load roll paper to be used in a ticket issuing unit through one action just by feeding it to a roll paper storage part. SOLUTION: This ticket issuing unit 10 holds the roll paper storage part 14 so as to be clamped by a turnable lever 42 provided on the side of the opening part 14a of the storage part 14 and an arm 40 whose one end is rotatably supported by a spindle 48. Thus, by opening the lever 42, the roll paper R1 and R2 is loaded to the storage part 14 just by feeding the new roll paper R1 and R2 from the opening part 14a to the storage part 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a ticket issuing unit used for an automatic ticket vending machine, an automatic payment machine, a parking ticket issuing machine or a ticket vending machine installed in an amusement park, and more particularly to loading roll paper. The loading mechanism is improved.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Ticket paper loaded in a ticket issuing unit is roll paper. Usually, two roll papers are loaded in the ticket issuing unit in order to prevent the equipment from going down due to the exhaustion of the paper. That is, when one roll paper is used up, a ticket is issued by the other roll paper.

FIG. 3 shows a roll paper loading mechanism 100 of a conventional ticket issuing unit. The loading mechanism 100
Is the upper frame 10 of the ticketing unit constituting the slide rail.
2 and a first roll paper holder 104 and a second roll paper holder 106 slidably attached to the slide rail 102.

The first and second holders 104, 10
6 has sliders 108 and 110 which slide on the slide rail 102 at the upper part, respectively. Further, each of the holders 104 and 106 has a shaft 116 for loading the first roll paper 112 and the second roll paper 114, respectively.
118 respectively. Furthermore, each holder 10
Reference numerals 4 and 106 each include a first photosensor PH1 and a second photosensor PH2 for detecting that the roll paper 112 or 114 has run out of paper.

[0005] For example, referring to FIG.
When the roll paper loaded in 06 has run out and it is desired to load new roll paper, first, the second holder 106 is pulled out to the rear side of the ticket issuing unit. Then, the second roll paper 114 is loaded into the empty second holder 106 via the shaft 118. Subsequently, the leading end portion of the second roll paper is held by hand, and the roll paper is wound so as to make approximately one rotation so as to pass through the second photosensor PH2 for detecting the expired ticket. In this loaded state, the second holder 106 is pushed along the slide rail 102 as the upper frame, and the second roll paper 114 is set in the roll paper storage section of the ticketing unit.

Therefore, when loading the roll paper, it is necessary to load the roll paper into the holder after the roll paper holder is pulled out, and the loading operation cannot be performed with one touch, and the roll paper cannot be loaded quickly. Was.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing unit capable of loading roll paper into a ticket issuing unit quickly and smoothly with one touch. Is the subject.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a roll paper (R) stored in a roll paper storage unit (14).
1, R2) is cut into a fixed size by a roll paper cutter (22), and after performing various ticket processing, a ticket issuance unit (10) that issues a ticket to a ticket issuing port (30).
4) is located above the roll paper (R1, R2) to be loaded, one end is rotatably supported by the support shaft (48), and the other end is in contact with the circumferential surface of the roll paper (R1, R2). An arm (40) having a contacting roller (50), and a roll paper (R1, R
The lower end is rotatably provided by the shaft (54) at the opening (14a) side, which is the input portion of 2), and the roll paper (R1, R2) loaded with the arm (40) is sandwiched. Lever (4
2), a plurality of rollers (R1, R2) that support the loaded roll paper (R1, R2) and are inclined so as to be guided toward the lever 42 as the diameter becomes smaller by using the roll paper (R1, R2). 44,44).

In order to urge a roller (50) provided at the tip of the arm (40) toward the opening (14a), a torsion spring (52) is attached to a support shaft (48) of the arm (40). Is provided, the loaded roll paper (R1, R2) can be firmly supported.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but the technical scope of the present invention is limited to the embodiments shown in the drawings. is not.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 schematically show the structure of a ticket issuing unit 10 according to the present invention. The ticket issuing unit 10 according to the present embodiment includes an automatic ticket vending machine and an automatic payment machine (Norikoshi, Noriguchi payment machine) as station equipment, a parking ticket issuing machine used in a parking lot, or a ticket vending machine installed in an amusement park. Used for

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the ticket issuing unit 10 has a roll paper storage section 14 in a housing 12 constituting a unit main body. This roll paper storage unit 14
Is a first ticket consisting of two rolls of paper to produce a standard ticket such as a ticket used for railways, a settlement ticket for crossing over and / or transit, an admission ticket used for an amusement park, or a coupon. Roll paper R1 and second roll paper R
2 are stored in parallel.

As described above, in the two-roll paper type ticket issuing unit 10, when one of the roll papers R1 or R2 is used up, the other roll paper R2 or R1 is automatically fed out. Equipment down is prevented. Immediately after being fed, these roll papers R1 and R2 are conveyed in parallel in the width direction of the roll paper.

The first roll paper R conveyed in parallel as described above
The first and second roll paper R2 need to perform various processes for issuing tickets. Therefore, since it is necessary to pass on one transport path, the guide portion 16
Is provided. The guide section 16 includes a first guide section 16a through which the first roll paper R1 passes, and a second guide section 16b through which the second roll paper R2 passes.

Downstream of the first guide portion 16a, a first fixed-size feed roller 18 that feeds only a certain size to make the first roll paper R1 the length of a paper sheet, and a second roll paper R2 that feeds the second roll paper R2. A second fixed-size feed roller 20 for feeding only a certain size to make the paper length is provided. The leading end of the first roll paper R <b> 1 is nipped by a first fixed-size feed roller 18.
The leading end portion of the second roll paper R2 is held between the second fixed-size feed rollers 20.

That is, when a ticket is issued, the first fixed-size feed roller 18 is driven by a pulse motor (not shown) based on a signal from a control device C for controlling the entire ticket issuing unit 10.
And one of the second fixed-size feed rollers 20 is operated. As a result, the first roll paper R1 or the second roll paper R2 is sent out to the next roll paper cutter 22 located downstream by one sheet length. When the coupon is issued, the fixed-size feed rollers 18 and 20 are actuated by the number of times corresponding to the prescribed number of coupons issued (for example, 11), and the first roll paper R1 or the second roll paper The roll paper R2 is sent to the roll paper cutter 22.

The roll paper cutter 22 cuts the first roll paper R1 or the second roll paper R2 sent by the first fixed size feed roller 18 or the second fixed size feed roller 20.

A print head 24 is arranged downstream of the roll paper cutter 22. The print head 24 is a thermal printer, and the print head 24 is formed by cutting the first roll paper R1 or the second roll paper R2 with the roll paper cutter 22 according to the type of the bill. Predetermined information, such as the issuing station name in the case of a vending machine,
Print the issue date, amount, ticket number, etc.

A write head 26 is arranged downstream of the print head 24. The write head 26 encodes information such as an issuing station name, an issuing date, an amount, and a ticket number, which are information necessary for a ticket, for example, on a magnetic track portion provided on the back surface of the ticket T. Downstream of the write head 26, a read head 28 for reading the write information written on the bill T is arranged. The information read by the read head 28 is supplied to the control device C. The control device C checks the write information written by the write head 26 and the read information read by the read head 28 to determine whether or not the write information is correctly written on the bill T.

The bill T on which the information is correctly written is conveyed toward the ticket issuing port 30. The ticket T is temporarily held in the vicinity of the ticket issuing port 30 so that the ticket T is prevented from jumping out of the ticket issuing port 30 with the conveying force, so that the customer can easily take the ticket T. A catching roller 32 is provided. The note paper T held between the catching rollers 32 is held in a state where a part of the tip end portion thereof protrudes from the ticket issuing port 30. The user grips a part of the protruding bill T with his / her finger and pulls the bill T from the catching roller 32.

If the customer forgets to take the ticket, the catching roller 32 is rotated in reverse after a certain period of time, and the paper sheet T is collected by the sorting mechanism 34 into the collection box 38 via the collection conveyance path 36.

The roll paper storage unit 14 stores each roll paper R
1, two arms 40, 40 (only one is shown in FIG. 1) for supporting R2, and levers 42, 42 for supporting so as not to go out of the ticketing unit 10 when the roll paper is loaded. And a plurality of rollers 44, 44 for supporting the roll paper to move smoothly in the direction of the levers 42, 42 as the roll paper is reduced by use and the diameter is reduced. Reference numeral 46 denotes a stopper for preventing the roll paper from moving in the conveying path direction.

The arms 40 are rotatably mounted on a support shaft 48 provided on the side plate 12a of the housing 12. The arm 40 has a shape composed of a straight portion and a curved portion having a curved distal end portion, and a roller 50 is rotatably attached to the distal end portion of the curved portion.
The arm 40 may be biased by its own weight in the direction of the lever 42 about the support shaft 48 in the direction of the lever 42. As shown in FIG. Forcibly urging in the direction of the lever 42 may be employed.

The lever 42 is provided on the side of the opening 14a for loading the roll paper storage unit 14. The lever 42 has a shaft 54 at a lower end thereof, and is rotatable about the shaft 54 as a stop. This lever 42
Has a locking means on the shaft portion 54. When the lever 42 is closed as shown by the solid line in the figure, the locking means is locked so that the roll paper does not come out. In this case, the lock may be released, and a known lock mechanism is used. For example, the shaft 5
A concave portion is formed on the 4 side, and a convex portion is formed on the lever 42 side.
When the lever 42 is closed, these concave portions and convex portions may be engaged to be in a locked state. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of rubber rollers 43 are provided on one surface of each lever 42 in the vertical direction. The rolls R1, R2 are supported by the rubber rollers 43, 43.

The plurality of rollers 44 are arranged so as to be gradually lowered toward the shaft portion 54 of the lever 42. Due to the inclined arrangement of the rollers 44, 44, as the roll paper R1, R2 decreases and its diameter decreases, the roll paper R1, R2 becomes
It is naturally guided to the side.

Next, the roll paper R is stored in the roll paper storage unit 14.
A method of loading R1 and R2 will be described. For example, when the first roll paper R1 is used up, the end of the roll paper R1 is detected by the photo sensor PH for detecting the roll paper breakage. This detection signal is supplied to the control device C,
A warning is issued from the control device C by, for example, turning on a warning lamp or the like for displaying that the roll paper has been used up. The attendant uses the first roll paper R1 based on the lamp display.
, The lever 42 is rotated clockwise in the figure to release the locked state, and the lever 42 is rotated and opened as shown by a chain line to remove the old roll paper core. Get rid of.

Thereafter, the clerk throws new roll paper indicated by the dashed line into the roll paper storage unit 14 from the opened opening. At this time, the arm 40 rotates clockwise against its own weight or the urging force of the torsion spring 52. When the new roll paper is guided by the plurality of rollers 44, 44 and reaches the stopper 46, the lever 42 is rotated in the closing direction to load the roll paper into the roll paper storage unit 14.
At this time, the lever 42 is locked.

By simply opening the lever and loading the roll paper into the roll paper storage unit 14 in this manner, the roll paper storage unit 1
4 can be easily loaded

It is preferable to provide a torsion coil spring on the shaft portion 54 of the lever 42, since the lever 42 automatically returns to the closed state when the hand is released from the open state indicated by the chain line.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, the roll paper storage unit of the ticketing unit can be rotated at the opening without using a holder for holding the roll paper as in the prior art. Since the lever and the arm whose one end is supported by the support shaft are gripped and held, by simply releasing the lever, the roll paper is simply thrown into the storage unit, so that the storage unit can be easily stored in the storage unit. And the operability of loading is improved.

As described above, in the ticket issuing unit of the present invention, since the holder in the conventional system is eliminated, the cost of the entire ticket issuing unit can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing the structure of a two-roll ticket issuing unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged right side view of the ticket issuing unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a structure of a roll paper storage portion in a conventional ticket issuing unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Ticket issuing unit, 12 ... Housing, 14 ... Roll paper storage part, 14a ... Opening part, 40 ... Arm, 42 ... Lever, 4
4 Rollers, 48 spindles, 50 rollers, R1 first roll paper, R2 second roll paper.

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kaoru Sukekawa 11-2, Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Pref.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A ticket issuing port (30) after a roll paper (R1, R2) stored in a roll paper storage section (14) is cut into fixed dimensions by a roll paper cutter (22) and subjected to various ticket processing. In the ticket issuing unit (10) that issues a ticket to the roll paper, the roll paper storage unit (14) is located above the roll paper (R1, R2) to be loaded, and one end is rotatable about a spindle (48). Supported, and the other end is roll paper (R1,
Arm (40) having a roller (50) in contact with the circumferential surface of R2)
A lower end portion is provided rotatably by a shaft portion (54) on the opening (14a) side of the roll paper storage portion (14), which is a loading portion for the roll paper (R1, R2), and the arm (40) ) And roll paper (R
1, R2), and a lever (42) for supporting the loaded roll paper (R1, R2).
By using (1, R2), a plurality of rollers (44, 44) inclined to be guided toward the lever 42 side as the diameter becomes smaller.
44) and a ticketing unit comprising: 2. A torsion spring (48) is attached to a support shaft (48) of the arm (40) to urge a roller (50) provided at a tip end of the arm (40) toward the opening (14a). 52. The ticket issuing unit according to claim 1, wherein 52) is provided.